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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 1749143, member: 38783&quot;]FWIW, the end goal system I&#039;m working on is a mix of remote and home storage options, and pretty much exactly what krispy has mentioned above.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s a reasonably sound way to do it with the most protection for all the different aspects.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First, for the most valuable items - pretty much anything valued over $250 or with sentimental value, I use SDB&#039;s.&nbsp; They&#039;re cheap enough, easily accessible, and I can have multiples at different banks.&nbsp; I keep mostly my larger silver bullion &gt;5oz in there.&nbsp; Any smaller and the box just fills up too fast and gets too heavy.&nbsp; This takes the burglary / home fire out of the equation for the bulk of my valuables.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Second, for the bulk bullion and other items I&#039;m investigating a smaller fire safe for the house, something like this - <a href="http://www.samsclub.com/sams/mesa-burglary-or-fire-safe-with-digital-lock-mbf3820e/122788.ip?navAction=push" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.samsclub.com/sams/mesa-burglary-or-fire-safe-with-digital-lock-mbf3820e/122788.ip?navAction=push" rel="nofollow">http://www.samsclub.com/sams/mesa-burglary-or-fire-safe-with-digital-lock-mbf3820e/122788.ip?navAction=push</a> (yeah, I know, it&#039;s sams club but it&#039;s only an example) where it&#039;s big enough to hold what I need, heavy enough where one person can&#039;t just carry it out the door,&nbsp; and gives me some protection against the fire and general burglary.&nbsp; In this I would keep my general bullion, 90%, cheaper coins, etc, things that are big and bulky and heavy and not necessarily as valuable.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It would be bolted to a lower concrete floor somewhere, not high up in the house.&nbsp; Many reasons for that - 1, obviously harder to remove if bolted into concrete.&nbsp; 2, if the safe is up high in the house and you have a fire, it could in theory collapse through the floors and fall to the lower floors either jeopardizing rescuers or simply just damaging itself or coming open in the fall.&nbsp; 3, being lower it&#039;s typically naturally cooler all around and if a fire should happen, in theory down there would stay the lowest temperature and be more subjected to pooling water coming down from above more than the intense heat.&nbsp; Smoke is a different story.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, the last thing and I think the most important is a good insurance policy.&nbsp; I have riders on my house for extra contents as well as options specifically for coin/bullion as mentioned above.&nbsp; Make sure you catalogue the collection extensively, and lots of pictures help, in case anything has to be replaced you have easily identifiable proof and can claim proper value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>No matter what happens though, it&#039;s only coins, paper and metal.&nbsp; In the end, if a catastrophe hits or your home gets burglarized, while it may be crushing, it&#039;s not worth risking your or your family&#039;s life or health over trying to save it from a burning house or a thief with a weapon.&nbsp; Let it go, and let the insurance handle the reimbursement and then you get to go on the hunt again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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